Mozilla recycles 'Flame' Firefox OS smartphone launch

Update 09:48 p.m. PT: The Flame device started shipping last month. We sincerely regret the error and have updated the story below.

Mozilla today announced that it has begun shipping its “Flame Developer reference phone” to Firefox OS app developers, “Mozillians,” and anyone else who opted to fork over $170 for the device during the pre-order stage.

The Mozilla Flame phone was first revealed in detail back in May. The device, built by Alcatel, represents Mozilla’s seventh publicly available iteration on the Firefox OS concept. If you didn’t pre-order the phone, it’s available for purchase here.

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